Modern Community Mental Health

An Interdisciplinary Approach

Description

Landmark events, such as the 50th anniversary of the Eisenhower Commission Report and the same anniversary of the Community Mental Health Act, helped launch the community mental health movement. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the President's New Freedom Commission have continued this work by establishing funding sources and highlighting the importance of recovery and excellence in care. Modern Community Mental Health: An Interdisciplinary Approach integrates each of the key concepts contained within the presidential reports and landmark legislation into the context of today's community service delivery system.

This pathfinding textbook promises to revolutionize community mental health training by responding to the realities of modern health care
delivery systems, presenting an integrated, interdisciplinary paradigm of care. Extraordinarily broad in coverage, it will open a door of possibilities to those caring for the mentally ill in the community. Recognizing that community-based services must be truly collaborative in order to be effective and efficient, the editors have assembled a cast of contributors from among the brightest lights in community practice. Chapter authors, who are currently doing interdisciplinary work successfully on a daily basis, will collaborate on writing teams to offer their insight into the problems and triumphs that are part of this approach. They will cover not only macro issues such as the economics of behavioral healthcare, reimbursement models, and quality improvement, but the specific skills
necessary for competent practice such as treatment planning, clinical documentation, risk management, and partnering with members of a team that may include social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and nurses. Twenty additional chapters will provide detailed roadmaps to practices and programs that have been shown to be effective when delivered in a community setting--such as supported employment, assertive community treatment (ACT) teams, crisis intervention training (CIT), family psychoeducation, and supported housing--and will be grounded in educational benchmarks, healthcare reform opportunities, and cultural competencies.

By definition community mental health practice is never static. As communities change, the profession changes, and in recent years changes in funding
have drastically impacted the system of care. We need empirically supported interventions, to include the voice of the consumers and their families, and have a way to educate current and future professionals so that we all truly work together.

Modern Community Mental Health

An Interdisciplinary Approach

Author Information

Kenneth Yeager, PhD, LISW, is the Director of Quality and Operational Improvement for The Ohio State University Harding Hospital, Administrative Director of The OSU Harding Hospital Outpatient Psychiatric Clinics, and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, The Ohio State University. David Cutler, MD, is Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Ohio State University. Dale Svendsen, MD, is Director of the Division of Public and Community Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, The Ohio State University.Grayce M. Sills, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor Emeritus and former acting dean of the College of Nursing, The Ohio State University.

Carl C. Bell, MDPresident & CEOCommunity Mental Health Council & Foundation, Inc.DirectorInstitute forJuvenile ResearchDirectorPublic and Community PsychiatryClinical Professor of Psychiatry and Public HealthDepartment of PsychiatryCollege of MedicineUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

Loretta Berti, PhDResearch AssistantSection of Psychiatry and Clinical PsychologyDepartment of Public Health and Community MedicineUniversity of VeronaVerona, Italy

David E. Biegel, PhDHenry L. Zucker Professor of Social Work PracticeCo-DirectorCenter of Substance Abuse and Mental IllnessMandel School of Applied Social SciencesCase Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio

Phyllis Solomon, PhDProfessor of Social WorkSchool of Social Policy & PracticeProfessor of Social Work in PsychiatryDepartment of Psychiatry, Medical SchoolUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Modern Community Mental Health

An Interdisciplinary Approach

Reviews and Awards

"This book is about the good news of deinstituionalization. Too often we hear about the horror stories related to homelessness, incarceration, and violence in our community of individuals who are neglected in a very visible way. For the many who find an opportunity for life in the community with work, school, and family, this volume is a welcome contribution." --Journal of Clinical Psychiatry